- No on job training needed
- Number of jobs in 2010, 142,300
- Median pay- $53,220 per year.
- non degree award
- perform maintenance checks on airplanes and helicopters
- work fulltime, overtime and weekend work is common.
- $25.59 per hour.
- The work can be noisy from loud aircraft engines
- Aircraft mechanics is projected to grow 6 percent from 2010 to 2020.
- You have to graduate from FAA-Approved Aviation Maintenance Technician School.
- You must pass 3 types of tests, a written examination, an oral test, a practical test.
- Examine aircraft frames and parts for defects
- Airplane mechanics often have to climb, reach, and balance on a plane’s exterior.